Master of Arts in Public Management & Digitalization | PMD

We know from the real world that current and future issues in the public sector require a nuanced understanding of multiple academic disciplines.

To achieve the desired long-term result, managers and specialists in the public sector are increasingly required to develop interdisciplinary solutions. That is why our new master's program takes a systematically interdisciplinary approach.

Part of this is the interdisciplinary structure of the program which allows students to attend lectures and seminars of other faculties, on the topics of Leadership, Political and Psychological Aspects of Decision-Making Behavior, Innovation Management, Ethics and Mobility.

Within the required elective subjects, students can opt to do a research project (Elinor Ostrom Project) where they address a current research topic of their own choosing. Master's students assume the responsibility for all elements of a research project and refine their academic skills in this field.

The impact of digitalization on the public sector is being felt in its employment market. This has resulted in increased demands on existing fields of work.

When talking about digital transformation and the restructuring of work processes, we also need to address the issue of what skills a public sector employee will need in the future.

The theoretical and practical skills taught in this study program systematically prepare students for the new demands of the employment market for federal, state and local positions, as well as the private sector.

The inspirational surroundings of the university will provide the students with the time and space to apply their personal talents, skills and passions to their studies in their own individual way and then to refine them.

This management-oriented master's program is aimed at

• bachelor's graduates in Politics, Administration & Governance, Economics & Social Sciences, Economics & Administrative Information Technology,
• qualified personnel from public administrations,
• former and departing Bundeswehr (Federal Armed Forces) officers
• students who have passed the state exams to gain an initial legal qualification,

who are aiming for a career in management (e.g. at the upper levels of the civil service), in the public sector or in the private sector.

As well as internships and issue-specific research projects, the ZU career network allows students to choose from a wealth of local, national and international industry partners, thus giving them the chance to familiarize themselves with new, public-sector job profiles.

The master's program can help students to develop their own career network and to closely combine research and practice while climbing a further rung on the academic ladder.